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<h1>Backpack Terms of Service</h1>

<p>By using the Backpackit.com web site (&#8220;Service&#8221;), a service of 37signals, <span class="caps">LLC </span>(&#8220;37signals&#8221;), you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions (&#8220;Terms of Service&#8221;).</p>

<p>37signals reserves the right to update and change the Terms of
Service from time to time without notice. Any new features that augment
or enhance the current Service, including the release of new tools and
resources, shall be subject to the Terms of Service. Continued use of
the Service after any such changes shall constitute your consent to
such changes. You can review the most current version of the Terms of
Service at any time at: <a href="http://www.backpackit.com/terms.html">http://www.backpackit.com/terms.html</a></p>

<h2>Account Terms</h2>

<ol>
	<li>You must be 13 years or older to use this Service.</li>
	<li>You must be a human. Accounts registered by &#8220;bots&#8221; or other automated methods are not permitted.</li>
  <li>You
must provide your legal full name, a valid email address, and any other
information requested in order to complete the signup process.</li>
  <li>Your account may only be used by one person &#8211; a single login shared by multiple people is not permitted.</li>
  <li>You
are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and
password. 37signals cannot and will not be liable for any loss or
damage from your failure to comply with this security obligation.</li>
  <li>You
are responsible for all Content posted and activity that occurs under
your account (even when Content is posted by others who are sharing
your pages).</li>
  <li>One person or legal entity may not maintain more than one free account.</li>
  <li>Pages being "Public" shared may be promoted and linked by 37signals as example uses of the Service.</li>
  <li>You
may not use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. You
must not, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your
jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws).</li>
</ol>

<p>Violation of any of these agreements will result in the termination
of your Account. While 37signals prohibits such conduct and Content on
the Service, you understand and agree that 37signals cannot be
responsible for the Content posted on the Service and you nonetheless
may be exposed to such materials. You agree to use the Service at your
own risk.</p>

<h2>Payment, Refunds, Upgrading and Downgrading Terms</h2>

<ol>
	<li>A valid credit card is required for paying accounts. Free accounts are not required to provide a credit card number.</li>
  <li><strong>The
Service is billed in advance on a monthly basis and is non-refundable.
There will be no refunds or credits for partial months of service, or
refunds for months unused with an open account. In order to treat
everyone equally, no exceptions will be made.</strong></li>
  <li>All
fees are exclusive of all taxes, levies, or duties imposed by taxing
authorities, and you shall be responsible for payment of all such
taxes, levies, or duties, excluding only United States (federal or
state) taxes.</li>
  <li>For any upgrade or downgrade in plan level,
your credit card that you provided will automatically be charged the
new rate on your next billing cycle.</li>
  <li>Downgrading your
Service may cause the loss of Content, features, or capacity of your
Account. 37signals does not accept any liability for such loss.</li>
</ol>

<h2>Cancellation and Termination</h2>

<ol>
	<li><strong>You are solely responsible for properly cancelling
your account. An email or phone request to cancel your account is not
considered cancellation. You can cancel your account at any time by
clicking on the Account link in the global navigation bar at the top of
the screen. The Account screen provides a simple, no questions asked
two-click instant cancellation process.</strong></li>
  <li>All of your Content will be immediately deleted from the Service upon cancellation.</li>
  <li>If
you cancel the Service before the end of your current paid up month,
your cancellation will take effect immediately but you will not be
charged again.</li>
  <li>37signals, in its sole discretion, has the
right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all
current or future use of the Service, or any other 37signals service,
for any reason at any time. Such termination of the Service will result
in the deactivation or deletion of your Account or your access to your
Account, and the forfeiture and relinquishment of all Content in your
Account. 37signals reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for
any reason at any time.</li>
</ol>

<h2>Modifications to the Service and Prices</h2>

<ol>
	<li>37signals reserves the right at any time and from time to
time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service
(or any part thereof) with or without notice.</li>
	<li>Prices of all
Services, including but not limited to monthly subscription plan fees
to the Service, are subject to change upon 30 days notice from us. Such
notice may be provided at any time by posting the changes to the
Backpack Site (<a href="http://www.backpackit.com%29/">www.backpackit.com)</a> or the Service itself.</li>
	<li>37signals
shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification,
price change, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.</li>
</ol>

<h2>Copyright and Content Ownership</h2>

<ol>
	<li>We claim no intellectual property rights over the material
you provide to the Service. Your profile and materials uploaded remain
yours. However, by setting your pages to be shared publicly, you agree
to allow anyone to view and share your Content.</li>
	<li>37signals
does not pre-screen Content, but 37signals and its designee have the
right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or
remove any Content that is available via the Service.</li>
</ol>

<h2>General Conditions</h2>

<ol>
	<li>Your use of the Service is at your sole risk. The service is provided on an &#8220;as is&#8221; and &#8220;as available&#8221; basis.</li>
  <li>Technical
support is only provided to paying account holders and is only
available via email (we try to respond within 1-4 hours).</li>
	<li>You
must not modify, adapt or hack the Service or modify another website so
as to falsely imply that it is associated with the Service, 37signals,
or any other 37signals service.</li>
	<li>You agree not to reproduce,
duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Service,
use of the Service, or access to the Service without the express
written permission by 37signals.</li>
	<li>We may, but have no
obligation to, remove Content and Accounts containing Content that we
determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening,
libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable
or violates any party&#8217;s intellectual property or these Terms of Service.</li>
  <li>Verbal,
physical, written or other abuse (including threats of abuse or
retribution) of any 37signals customer, employee, member, or officer
will result in immediate account termination.</li>
	<li>You understand
that the technical processing and transmission of the Service,
including your Content, may be transfered unencrypted and involve (a)
transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and
adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.</li>
	<li>You must not upload, post, host, or transmit unsolicited email, SMSs, or &#8220;spam&#8221; messages.</li>
	<li>You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.</li>
	<li>If
your bandwidth usage exceeds 250 MB/month, or significantly exceeds the
average bandwidth usage (as determined solely by 37signals) of other
Backpack customers, we reserve the right to immediately disable your
account or throttle your file or image hosting until you can reduce
your bandwidth consumption.</li>
	<li>37signals does not warrant that
(i) the service will meet your specific requirements, (ii) the service
will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, (iii) the results
that may be obtained from the use of the service will be accurate or
reliable, (iv) the quality of any products, services, information, or
other material purchased or obtained by you through the service will
meet your expectations, and (v) any errors in the Service will be
corrected.</li>
	<li>You expressly understand and agree that 37signals
shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special,
consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to,
damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible
losses (even if 37signals has been advised of the possibility of such
damages), resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the
service; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services
resulting from any goods, data, information or services purchased or
obtained or messages received or transactions entered into through or
from the service; (iii) unauthorized access to or alteration of your
transmissions or data; (iv) statements or conduct of any third party on
the service; (v) termination of your account; or (vi) any other matter
relating to the service.</li>
	<li>The failure of 37signals to
exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Service
shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The Terms of
Service constitutes the entire agreement between you and 37signals and
govern your use of the Service, superceding any prior agreements
between you and 37signals (including, but not limited to, any prior
versions of the Terms of Service).</li>
  <li>Questions about the Terms of Service should be sent to support at backpackit dot com.</li>
</ol>

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